Optimal energy management and energy equipment control interlocking system for residential complex

Abstract

An optimal energy management and energy equipment control interlocking system for a residential complex is provided. The energy management system for managing energy used by a residential complex may include home servers provided in households in the residential complex to collect energy usage information from a plurality of home devices provided in each of the households, to manage the collected energy usage information, and to control energy used by the plurality of home devices, and a complex server for receiving the energy usage information from the home servers to perform integrated management on the received energy usage information, for controlling a corresponding home server based on the received energy usage information, demand response (DR) information, and profile information for saving energy to perform energy saving control in each household, and for controlling energy used by common equipment provided in the residential complex.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An energy management system for managing energy used by a residential complex, the energy management system comprising:
 home servers provided in households in the residential complex to collect energy usage information from a plurality of home devices provided in each of the households, to manage the collected energy usage information, and to control energy used by the plurality of home devices; and   a complex server for receiving the energy usage information from the home servers to perform integrated management on the received energy usage information, for controlling a corresponding home server based on the received energy usage information, demand response (DR) information, and profile information for saving energy to perform energy saving control in each household, and for controlling energy used by common equipment provided in the residential complex.   
     
     
         2 . The energy management system of  claim 1 , wherein the home server comprises:
 an energy and environment information collecting module for collecting the energy usage information and environment sensor information from the plurality of home devices and a plurality of environment sensors provided in the household;   an inquiry, statistics, and report module for providing information about energy usage status in the household in a form of graphical user interface (GUI) based on the collected energy usage information and environment sensor information;   a user schedule profiler module for receiving an energy control mode based on information about schedules of members of a household and for generating energy control mode profile information based on the received energy control mode to manage the generated energy control mode profile information;   a DR profiler module for receiving a home device control mode based on the DR information from the home user and for generating home device control mode profile information based on the received home device control mode to manage the generated home device control mode profile information;   a device controlling module for controlling a corresponding home device based on the energy control mode profile information, the home device control mode profile information, and a home device control command of the complex server; and   a complex server interlocking module for transmitting the energy usage information to the complex server and for receiving the home device control command from the complex server.   
     
     
         3 . The energy management system of  claim 1 , wherein the complex server comprises:
 an equipment status information collecting module for collecting status information from the common equipment provided in the residential complex;   an equipment controlling module for generating an equipment control command on the common equipment provided in the residential complex based on the collected status information and weather information to control the common equipment provided in the residential complex;   a home server interlocking module for receiving the energy usage information from the home servers and for transmitting the home device control command and an analysis report on energy usage status of the plurality of home devices to a corresponding home server;   an energy analyzing and reporting module for analyzing the received status information and energy usage information to generate the analysis report;   an energy price analyzing module for receiving energy price information from at least one of an energy market and an energy provider to analyze the received energy price information; and   a home device controlling module for generating a control command on the plurality of home devices based on the analyzed energy usage information and energy price information to control the plurality of home devices.   
     
     
         4 . The energy management system of  claim 1 , wherein the complex server controls the plurality of home servers and the common equipment provided, in each building, in the residential complex. 
     
     
         5 . The energy management system of  claim 1 , wherein the common equipment provided in the residential complex is at least one of photovoltaic equipment for supplying new generation energy to the residential complex and electric blinds provided in the residential complex. 
     
     
         6 . A home server provided in each household of a residential complex for collecting energy usage information from a plurality of home devices provided in the household to manage the collected energy usage information, for transmitting the collected energy usage information to a complex server provided in the residential complex, and for receiving a home device control command based on the energy usage information, DR information, and energy saving profile information from the complex server to control a plurality of home devices based on the received home device control command. 
     
     
         7 . The home server of  claim 6 , wherein the home server comprises:
 an energy and environment information collecting module for collecting the energy usage information and environment sensor information from the plurality of home devices and a plurality of environment sensors provided in the household;   an inquiry, statistics, and report module for providing information about energy usage status in the household in a form of graphic user interface (GUI) based on the collected energy usage information and environment sensor information;   a user schedule profiler module for receiving an energy control mode based on information about schedules of members from a home user and for generating energy control mode profile information based on the received energy control mode to manage the generated energy control mode profile information;   a DR profiler module for receiving a home device control mode based on the DR information from the home user and for generating home device control mode profile information based on the received home device control mode to manage the generated home device control mode profile information;   a device controlling module for controlling a corresponding home device based on the energy control mode profile information, the home device control mode profile information, and a home device control command of the complex server; and   a complex server interlocking module for transmitting the energy usage information to the complex server and for receiving the home device control command from the complex server.   
     
     
         8 . A complex server for managing energy used by a residential complex provided in each household in the residential complex to collect energy usage information from a plurality of home devices provided in the household, to manage the collected energy usage information, to receive the energy usage information, DR information, and profile information for saving energy from home servers for controlling energy used by the plurality of home devices, to perform integrated management on the received information items, to control a corresponding home server based on the received energy usage information, DR information, and profile information for saving energy, to perform energy saving control in each household, and to control energy used by the common equipment based on status information collected by common equipment provided in the residential complex. 
     
     
         9 . The complex server of  claim 8 , wherein the complex server comprises:
 an equipment status information collecting module for collecting status information from the common equipment;   an equipment controlling module for generating an equipment control command on the common equipment based on the collected status information and weather information to control the common equipment;   a home server interlocking module for receiving the energy usage information from the home servers and for transmitting the home device control command and an analysis report on energy usage status of the plurality of home devices to a corresponding home server;   an energy analyzing and reporting module for analyzing the received status information and energy usage information to generate the analysis report;   an energy price analyzing module for receiving energy price information from at least one of an energy market and an energy provider to analyze the received energy price information; and   a home device controlling module for generating a control command on the plurality of home devices based on the analyzed energy usage information and energy price information to control the plurality of home devices.   
     
     
         10 . The complex server of  claim 8 , wherein the complex server controls the plurality of home servers and the common equipment in each building of the residential complex. 
     
     
         11 . The complex server of  claim 8 , wherein the common equipment is at least one of photovoltaic equipment for supplying new generation energy to the residential complex and electric blinds provided in the residential complex. 
     
     
         12 . A method of managing energy used by a residential complex, comprising:
 a complex server receiving energy usage information, environment sensor information, profile information in accordance with schedules set by a user, and DR set information from home servers provided in households of the residential complex;   transmitting a home device control command based on energy price information received from at least one of an energy market and an energy provider and new generation energy generation status information received from photovoltaic equipment provided in the residential complex to a corresponding home server;   analyzing the received user set schedule information to transmit the home device control command to a corresponding home server based on schedules; and   receiving weather information to control at least one of the photovoltaic equipment and electric blinds provided in the residential complex.